It is not surprising to this writer that TechX is over and done with as of today. I predicted it weeks and months ago. It is also not surprising that the people who glommed this thing together are going to try again with something called C3 (perhaps this stands for Cebit failing 3x?). C3 is a real corker. It brings together the founders of the old PC Expo, with the team that ran Cebit into the ground with the team behind the ridiculous model of TechX. The only thing missing is the team that thought up the weirdo show called Business4Site. These are all nice people behind these shows (except for a few), but please: horizontal trade shows are over. C3 would have better luck as a Broadway musical ---particularly if they can get Mel Brooks to write the book and get Nathan Lane to be the keynote speaker.

I wish C3 luck, but I will be planning the obituary as I conclude this post.